Hey guys, I've noticed trace amout of white smoke during Idle. I'm new to diesels so I'm not exactly sure whats out of the ordinary. It has no codes and drives fine, but kind of sounds like a slight miss during idle. Maybe I'm just paranoid? Any help would be great, thanks!

 

Is the coolant level dropping? White smoke usually means engine is burning coolant. Keep an eye on your coolant level.

 

The other one is a bad injector. Does it look like this?

 

Sorry for writing back so late. The coolant level is good, but I'll keep an eye on it. The smoke isn't as bad as the one in the video. I'll check to see if it does it while its 100% warmed up as well. Thanks

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Also I've been doing a lot of research and believe that the ticking noise is the cp3 pump as the symptoms I've read closely resemble mine (does it when it's warm, ect).

 

Pull your injectors and have them tested. Sounds like one is hanging open. It won't take long to burn a hole in a piston like that. Does it "make" oil? Does the oil smell like diesel fuel? If you don't melt a piston you can wash out a cylinder. A ticking noise could also be from the injectors but if it does it while warm I'd say that's from the cp3.

 

"hazing" when the engine is cold is normal, hazing once warm is not typical.

How many miles on the truck? What year is it? Any other mods?